THE FACTORS RELATED TO STUNTING IN TODDLERS AGED 24-59 MONTHS IN BERASANG VILLAGE, KISAM TINGGI DISTRICT, OKU SELATAN IN 2020

Abstract

Indonesia occupied the fifth pringkat world for the number of children with stunting condition.
According to Riskesdas 2013, it shows that the prevalence of stunting under five in Indonesia reaches
37% (consisting of 18% very short and 19.2% short) which means that it has increased in 2010 (35.6%)
and 2007 (36.8%). The purpose of this research was to determine the factors related to stunting in
children aged 24-59 months in Berasang Village, Kisam Tinggi District, OKU Selatan in 2020. The
research method used is analytical method with cross sectional approach. The results of the statistical
test showed that there was a significant correlation between maternal height (p value = 0.026), a history
of exclusive breastfeeding (p value = 0.001) and there was no significant correlation between a history
of BBLR (p value = 0.983) and stunting in children aged 24- 59 months in Berasang Village, Kisam
Tinggi District, Oku Selatan in 2020. The results and discussion, it was found that there are still many
mothers who have children with stunting (57.5%). This is because mothers do not understand the
importance of nutritional intake during pregnancy, in the early days after the newborn, and the first
1000 days of life. This is what causes the high incidence of stunting. In addition, height and exclusive
breastfeeding also correlate with stunting, while a history of BBLR does not correlate with stunting.
Suggestions are expected that health workers, especially midwives in Berasang Village, Kisam Tinggi
District, OKU Selatan, to further improve in providing information to the community through a
persuasive approach by explaining to the community that stunting must or can be prevented starting
from fulfilling the nutrition of pregnant women, nutrition of newborns and the first 1000 days of life.